Printed in small numbers, illicitly passed out, sought-after, forgotten, found again, major works or confidential texts... Some of these works are extremely rare today ; here are a few of them.
Rare edition of this bawdy tale, complete in two parts published separately. It is illustrated with four wood-engraved vignettes, borrowed from Decameron of Boccace (Venice, 1531) and ingeniously twisted to suit their context. This edition is the first text of the author and is unique in that it has not been corrected. The book will be translated in French only in 1792.
Modern binding in full red morocco, the spine in five compartments, gilt date and title, golden fillets surround the cover, the endpaper and pastedown of vellum.
Provenance: Library of Gianni de Marco with its book plate and itsseal.
No copies in an American Library, one in the British Li
Rare first edition of Hector Berlioz's first book.
Some restorations to the top spine-end, volume label on the spine of the second volume not fully visible, boards strengthened or lined (first board of the first volume), some stains on the first boards of both volumes.
Fine condition inside almost without any foxing.
Our copy is housed in green half shagreen chemises and slipcases, marbled paper boards, slipcases lined with the same shagreen, gilt titles and dates on the spine.
Rare.
First edition of this brochure of the Serge Poliakoff exhibition, of which 300 copies were printed. The exhibition was held at the Der Spiegel gallery in Cologne in 1964.
Work illustrated with two separate original engravings by Serge Poliakoff, including one double-page spread.
Texts by Hans Arp and Albert Schulze Vellinghausen.
Wrappers and spine slightly discolored at the margins, otherwise an attractive copy.
Provenance: from the library of the art publisher and collector Alex Grall, with his stamp printed as an ex-libris.
The first edition on simili-Japon paper.
Bradel grey cloth binding, navy blue cloth band with authors and title blindstamped to edge of upper board, upper cover preserved at end.
With 21 collages by Max Ernst.
A very good and rare copy.
The very rare first edition.
Full glazed red calf bindings, smooth spines ornately decorated with gilt vegetal motifs, black calf title labels, gilt tooling on the headcaps, frames of quadruple black and gilt fillets enhanced with gilt fleurons at the corners on marbled paper boards, pink paper endpapers and pastedowns slightly soiled at margins, all edges gilt, gilt fillets at head and tail of leading edges, contemporary bindings.
Some light rubbing to boards, some minor foxing.
A handsome and rare copy of this work dedicated to his friend Béranger bound in an elegant contemporary Romantic binding.
First edition, very rare. Three states can be distinguished: the first, ours, is distinguished by the title page entitled Oeuvres posthumes, as is the half-title. The second state substitutes a new title page entitled Album d'un pessimiste, with the half-title still indicating Oeuvres posthumes (this is the state known and described by Clouzot). The third state has a new title page dated 1836, again entitled Album d'un pessimiste, with the half-title oeuvres posthumes (this is the most common state); however, the mention of a notice by L'Héritier has disappeared to make way for the mention of a biographical notice (extracted from Michaud's
Rare and highly sought-after first edition (...) of which only a portion of the copies contains a preface (cf. Clouzot). The important account of the lawsuit concerning The Lily of the Valley that precedes the novel was not retained in subsequent editions and is often lacking in a number of the copies published by Werdet.
Copy complete with both the preface and the account of the lawsuit that opposed Balzac to the publisher François Buloz. Contemporary half green sheepskin bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt romantic typographical motifs, gilt fillets at heads and tails, marbled paper boards, paste paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, con
